diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2576193..075b3f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/Python-2.7.17-noexe.tar.xz
+SOURCES/Python-2.7.18-noexe.tar.xz
diff --git a/.python2.metadata b/.python2.metadata
index dd6dfd3..5e6f432 100644
--- a/.python2.metadata
+++ b/.python2.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e63124a9a86b4b52c09384915a0842adf00b9d45 SOURCES/Python-2.7.17-noexe.tar.xz
+ce5e27d588d635469bdec487c4b1def2ffa84ba2 SOURCES/Python-2.7.18-noexe.tar.xz
diff --git a/SPECS/python2.spec b/SPECS/python2.spec
index 3a81aac..34527ab 100644
--- a/SPECS/python2.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python2.spec
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
 Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
 Name: %{python}
 # Remember to also rebase python2-docs when changing this:
-Version: 2.7.17
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 2.7.18
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -1953,6 +1953,10 @@ fi
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 09 2020 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.7.18-1
+- Update to 2.7.18
+Resolves: rhbz#1886754
+
 * Mon Aug 17 2020 Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com> - 2.7.17-2
 - Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)
 Resolves: rhbz#1856481